Upgrade premium query

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  amarnaik · Member · Nov 1, 2013 at 9:30 pm

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  i am in the process of upgrading to premium. I am going to change amarnaik.wordpress.com to amarnaik.com. When i do this
  1. what will happen with my followers on amarnaik.wordpress.com?
  2. People clicking on amarnaik.wordpress.com will get autodirected to amarnaik.com

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  raincoaster · Member · Nov 1, 2013 at 9:32 pm

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  1) Nothing. They will remain subscribed to the blog.
  2) Not exactly. It’s not a redirect: it is the same blog. It’s like having a front door and a back door.

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  amarnaik · Member · Nov 1, 2013 at 9:35 pm

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  thanks raincoaster. starting my journey with own blog now.

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  timethief · Member · Nov 1, 2013 at 9:35 pm

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  1. They can be transferred by Staff and your stats can be also be transferred.
  2. that what domain mapping is for and exactly what it does. Read more here: Do I Need a Domain

  In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from. If you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog and purchase a domain name by purchasing an annually renewable domain mapping upgrade for the blog.

  See here if you do not own a domain http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

  Dashboard > Store > My Upgrades is where you do the primary blog set up knowing it can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.

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  amarnaik · Member · Nov 1, 2013 at 9:39 pm

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  i did purchase my domain amarnaik.com. but when i click on amarnaik.com it goes to amarnaik.wordpress.com. Does it take time to change?

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  timethief · Member · Nov 1, 2013 at 9:40 pm

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  repeating from above:
  it can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.

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  raincoaster · Member · Nov 1, 2013 at 9:45 pm

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  Make sure you set the new URL as Primary on your Domains page.

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  amarnaik · Member · Nov 1, 2013 at 10:01 pm

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  thanks timethief.